A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 19:57:35 / April 26, 2018 @ 7:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.7 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:57:35 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25.7 km, -165.2103° West, 53.3853° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19280565. Id of event: ak19280565.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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